Turkey's leading official in charge of EU negotiations criticizes German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the matter.

Prime Minister Tayip Erdogan continues assertions that foreign powers are at play behind the protest movement.

A lack of evidence to this assertion, and the obvious lack of a "Deep State" that he subdued continues to make Erdogan look like a leader proffering conspiracy theories rather than listening to protesters demands.

NABUCCO (West) meets its end when Shah Deniz Consortium chooses TAP pipeline project on June 28.

NABUCCO's end is a result of over a decade of rising cost and changing geopolitical positions of the stakeholders involved.